Course Description

MGMT 499W: Strategic Management

Strategic Management, the “capstone” course of the undergraduate business curriculum, utilizes top-level, comprehensive organizational case studies as the primary tool to provide an interactive educational experience. Strategic Management provides students with the opportunity to: (1) Improve the systems skills needed to integrate knowledge from all the functional areas of business; (2) Build the cognitive skills needed to diagnose strategic organizational problems competently; (3) Develop the imaginative skills needed to brainstorm possibilities and find creative solutions; (4) Sharpen the interpersonal skills needed to work effectively in group settings; and (5) Strengthen the persuasive skills needed to communicate effectively and successfully defend their decisions in both oral and written forms.